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Baking Camera

Texture BakingA process in which scene lighting is "baked" into a texture map based on an object's UV texture coordinates. The resulting texture can then be mapped back onto the surface to create realistic lighting in a real-time rendering environment. This technique is frequently used in game engines and virtual reality for creating realistic environments with minimal rendering overhead. is a process in which scene lighting is "baked" into a texture map based on an object's UV texture coordinates. The resulting texture can then be mapped back onto the surface to create realistic lighting in a real-time rendering environment. This technique is frequently used in game engines and virtual reality for creating realistic environments.

In the plugin the baking is applied to the entire scene – as it is not possible to assign Baking Id’s to geometry in the plugin. It is not likely that you will be using the Baking Camera in the basic workflow for ArchiCAD with the OctaneRender plugin.

← Node tree with Baking Camera parameters.

The Baking Camera parameters:

• Baking Group ID - Specifies which group ID should be baked. By default all objects belong to the default baking group number 1. (Not applicable in the plugin: In the plugin the baking is applied to the entire scene – as it is not possible to assign Baking Id’s to geometry in the plugin. It is not likely that you will be using the Baking Camera in the basic workflow for ArchiCAD)

• UV Set - This determines the UV coordinates to use for baking.

• Revert Baking - If checked, the camera directions are flipped.

• Size - This is the number of pixels added to the UV map edges. The padding size is specified in pixels. The default padding size is set to 4 pixels, being 0 the minimum and 16 the maximum size.

• Edge Noise Tolerance - Optionally, an edge noise tolerance can be specified, which assists in removing hot pixels appearing near the UV edges. Values close to 1 do not remove any hot pixels while values near 0 will attempt to remove them all.

• Minimum - Coordinates in UV Space for the origin of the bounding region for baking.

• Size - This is the size in UV space of the bounding region for baking.

• Use Baking Position - When enabled, the position for baking "position-dependent" artifacts is used.

• Position - This is the camera position for "position-dependent" artifacts such as reflections, etc.

• Backface Culling - This determines whether to bake back-facing geometry.

For more about baking textures refer to the topic Texture Baking in the manual for OctaneRender Standalone.

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